Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Elementals: The Prophecy of Shadowsby Michelle MadowRelease Date: January 26th 2016 Summary from Goodreads: Filled with magic, thrilling adventure, and sweet romance, Elementals is the first in a new series that fans of Percy Jackson and The Secret Circle will love!

When Nicole Cassidy moves from sunny Georgia to gloomy New England, the last thing she expects is to learn that her homeroom is a cover for a secret coven of witches. Even more surprisingly … she’s apparently a witch herself. Despite doubts about her newfound abilities, Nicole is welcomed into this ancient circle of witches and is bedazzled by their powers—and, to her dismay, by Blake—the school’s notorious bad-boy.

Girls who get close to Blake wind up hurt. His girlfriend Danielle will do anything to keep them away, even if she must resort to using dark magic. But the chemistry between Blake and Nicole is undeniable, and despite wanting to protect Nicole from Danielle’s wrath, he finds it impossible to keep his distance.

When the Olympian Comet shoots through the sky for the first time in three thousand years, Nicole, Blake, Danielle, and two others in their homeroom are gifted with mysterious powers. But the comet has another effect—it opens the portal to the prison world that has contained the Titans for centuries. After an ancient monster escapes and attacks Nicole and Blake, it’s up to them and the others to follow the clues from a cryptic prophecy so that they can save their town … and possibly the world.

It spun under our weight, and I held onto
the metal bars, pushing off them to leap over the edge. The cedar chips on the
ground cushioned my landing. The car was behind us, which would mean running
towards the monstrous hound, so I bolted for the playground, hurrying up a
ladder of rubber tires that led to the closest platform. Blake followed close
behind. The second he was up he took the lighter out of his pocket and aimed a
blue fireball at the tires. They melted to the ground seconds before the hound
reached them.

It looked up at us and growled—a low,
menacing sound that if I spoke dog I would have assumed meant “I’m going to
have you for dinner”—and tried to jump onto the platform. It missed by only a
few inches.

Blake flicked on his lighter and threw a
fireball at its chest, but the hound jumped to the side to get out of the way.
It turned all four of its eyes up at us, one head letting out a deep roar as
the other snapped its teeth together, taking bites out of the air.

My hands shook, and I gripped one of the
log posts behind me for support. “Have you learned how to fight these things in
homeroom?” I asked Blake, my voice rising in panic.

He threw another fireball, and it missed
the hound again. “No,” he snapped, the flames lighting up his face. “Fighting
legendary creatures isn’t on the syllabus.”

“Maybe it should be,” I said as he launched
another ball of fire, hitting the hound on its front paw. Both of its heads
yelped in pain. The scorpion tail lowered between its legs, and it growled
again before turning away from us and running around the side of the
playground, woodchips flying behind it as it gained speed.

My heart pounded, and I looked around to
figure how to get off the platform. The exit was a slide that dropped off at
the monkey bars. I could get down and run to the car, but I didn’t know where
the hound was, and leaving the platform could give it the perfect opportunity
to pounce.

Then the hound growled again. I turned
around, spotting it clamoring up a ladder of logs that led to a nearby
platform. Only a wobbly bridge separated that platform from our own. My entire
body shook, and I moved closer to Blake, grabbing his arm for support.

The hound reached the top of the platform,
and its glowing eyes narrowed, ready to attack.

Not having anywhere else to go, I launched
myself down the slide and hurried to the monkey bars, climbing up the ladder
and hoisting myself on top of them. Gripping the sides, I crawled to the center
bar, but the ground spun beneath me, my lungs tightening as I looked down. I
had to take a few deep breaths to steady myself. A six-foot fall wasn’t deadly.
Now wasn’t the time to let my fear of heights get to me.

Blake scrambled behind me, and I turned
around to make sure he wasn’t hurt. Sweat dripped down the sides of his face
from the flames, but other than that he looked okay. He took his lighter out
again, holding it up in preparation to create another fireball.

I looked back at the hound in time to see
it run along the bridge and hurl itself towards us. It bared its teeth as it
flew through the air, its arms outstretched as it came closer to the monkey
bars. But it must not have had enough force behind the jump, because it fell to
the ground with a loud thump. It stood and shook the woodchips off its fur, a
low growl coming from somewhere deep in its throat as it turned its heads up to
look at us.

Before I could say anything to Blake about
how completely screwed we were, he threw two balls of fire towards the hound,
hitting both of its faces. It howled and collapsed, whimpering as it buried its
snouts in its paws. The smell of burnt skin filled the air. My stomach swirled
with nausea, and I lifted a hand to my nose to block out the smell.

Only a few seconds passed before it stood up again. The fur on its
faces had changed into a charred grey. Its yellow eyes glowed brighter now,
both snouts chomping madly in the air, strings of saliva dripping to the ground
as it waited to devour whichever one of us lost our balance first.

About the Author:

Michelle Madow grew up in Baltimore, graduated Rollins College in Orlando, and now lives in Boca Raton, Florida. She wrote her first book in her junior year of college, and has been writing novels since. Some of her favorite things are: reading, pizza, traveling, shopping, time travel, Broadway musicals, and spending time with friends and family. Michelle has toured across America to promote her books and to encourage high school students to embrace reading and writing. Someday, she hopes to travel the world for a year on a cruise ship.

Cambria Hebert is an award winning, bestselling novelist of more than twenty books. She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair.

Besides writing, Cambria loves a caramel latte, staying up late, sleeping in, and watching movies. She considers math human torture and has an irrational fear of chickens (yes, chickens). You can often find her running on the treadmill (she’d rather be eating a donut), painting her toenails (because she bites her fingernails), or walking her chorkie (the real boss of the house).

Cambria has written within the young adult and new adult genres, penning many paranormal and contemporary titles. Her favorite genre to read and write is romantic suspense. A few of her most recognized titles are: The Hashtag Series, Text, Torch, and Tattoo.

When members of tarot's Major Arcana begin manifesting in the mortal
world, magic is in the air and change is in the cards.

About the Author:

E.J. Stevens is the author of 14 works of speculative fiction, including the Hunters' Guild urban fantasy series, the Spirit Guide young adult paranormal series, and the award-winning Ivy Granger urban fantasy series. She is known for filling pages with quirky characters, bloodsucking vampires, psychotic faeries, and snarky, kick-butt heroines.

Monday, 18 January 2016

You’ve been handpicked by the elite of the elite to become a member. But first you’ll have to prove your worth by making it through Hell Week.

Do you have what it takes?

It’s time to find out.

Samantha Evans knows she’d never get an invite to rush the Society—not after her dad went to jail for insider trading. But after years of relentless bullying at the hands of the Society’s queen bee, Jessica, she’s ready to take down Jessica and the Society one peg at a time from the inside out.

All it’ll take is a bit of computer hacking, a few fake invitations, some eager rushees…and Sam will get her revenge.

Jodie Andrefski has been passionate about reading ever since she was a little girl, when she used to climb trees to escape with a favorite book. She now lives and writes in a small town in Pennsylvania with her teenage daughter. Though still an avid reader, she now prefers a comfy chair over the crook of a tree. An unapologetic coffee fiend, she's even happier if her java comes with pie. Jodie often draws on her background in education and mental health counseling to bring real world experience to her writing. She is a firm believer in the magic of a first kiss, and insists that you should never, ever give up on your dreams.

Hazel McCallister loves her life. Perfect grades. Perfect best friend. Perfect boyfriend. Until her perfect boyfriend cheats on her with her perfect best friend. Now Hazel’s in free fall—until her best friend’s brother, Felix, gives her the perfect idea. Reclaim her power by taking revenge on her cheating ex.

Felix James loves his life. Casual relationships. Loads of surfing. He’s as drama-free as they come. But he can’t stand by when his sister steals her best friend’s boyfriend, and the dude insists it was Hazel’s fault. So Felix vows to help turn Hazel into a girl her ex can’t resist—so then she can break his heart.

With an alliance in place, Hazel’s revenge is all but assured. But with each piece of payback, she feels a stronger attraction to Felix, even though revenge will turn her into a girl Felix could never be with. And soon Hazel has to make an impossible choice: revenge…or Felix, the boy who’s stolen her heart.

WARNING! This book contains betrayal, revenge, and that most tempting vice of all, the bad boy you know you can’t have.

I
watched in horror as Kimmy’s lips grazed Jay’s ear. He leaned back and laughed.
What the heck was going on?

“Oh
God!” Hazel said, grabbing my hand. “Look at her hand.”

Kimmy’s
hand was riding high up Jay’s shorts. High, high. Like top of thigh high. The
kind of move that usually let me know a girl was ready to get down to business.

“Dude,”
I said, because what else could I say?

Hazel
swallowed. “Did you know about this?”

“Me?
No way. Hell no. I’ve been looking for her all day, too. Look, Baze, don’t overreact.
We don’t know anything. Who knows. He might have…lost a match and
she’s…comforting him. Or his turtle died and they’re planning a eulogy
together?” I was grasping and we both knew it, but I couldn’t stand to see that
pained look on her face. “I once heard the best eulogy for a frog. It was
amazing. It was all about the life cycle from tadpole to amphibian to…”

“Shut
up, Felix.”

“Shutting
up.”

Hazel
brushed past me and barreled toward them. It was no turtle eulogy, and I knew
it. I mean, I didn’t know I knew it, but I knew the look of two people who were
digging on each other, and those two were certainly all about the other one.
God, poor Hazel.

Oh
no. There she goes.

I
had to follow her. I had to help.

“Excuse
me,” I said to a group of three ladies in my way. Two of them grinned at me,
one glared. The glaring one was a girl I’d forgotten to call back. I ducked,
sheepishly, with a little apologetic wave, and came out on the other side.

I’d
never even heard Hazel raise her voice, never mind cry. Never mind cry in
public. But I didn’t need to use my astute Sherlock skills to see Hazel was on
the verge of doing all three. She stopped close to Jay and Kimmy, like she was
verifying what she was seeing was real.

One
more intimate touch from Kimmy on Jay and that was it. Hazel moved in for the
kill.

After earning her BA in Literature & Creative Writing Literature from UC Santa Cruz and finding her voice in YA, Heidi went on to earn her MFA in Writing for Children from The New School. She has directed and written children’s theatre on both coasts and lives with her husband and two children in Palo Alto, CA.

Synopsis: The road trip from Minnesota to Pennsylvania and back is meant to be the final adventure before four friends go their separate ways in the fall.

Except nothing goes as intended, beginning with the unexpected addition of Catherine Tate, Jessie Keller’s new girlfriend. Sam Kent denies his attraction to her while simultaneously deflecting unusual interest from his pal Hannah Lopez. Dickie Dean is the socially inept book lover who surprises them all.

Amidst a malfunctioning vehicle, being caught in the middle of a robbery, beer drinking, mosquito attacks, and other teenage drama, the five experience courage, broken hearts, fear, and laughter. Most importantly, they make memories.

Lindy Zart is the USA Today bestselling author of Roomies. She has been writing since she was a child. Luckily for readers, her writing has improved since then. She lives in Wisconsin with her family. Lindy loves hearing from people who enjoy her work. She also has a completely healthy obsession with the following: coffee, wine, bloody marys, peanut butter, and pizza.

Everyone has a past, some worse than others, but not everyone has the eyes of the world watching their every move. For playboy hot shot movie star James Crowe, his mistake has haunted him for more than a decade. It was a wound that has never healed, but one lapse in judgment has him running for cover as the media descends on him with talons bared. Finding shelter and waiting out the rapid fire seems like the best idea, until he finds himself not so alone.

A girl’s wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of her life. They’re not supposed to find their Prince Charming in bed with another woman the morning of. But when fairy tales turn to dust, what's a girl to do? She sets off on her honeymoon alone, of course. Only Audrey Humphrey’s bad day doesn’t end there when she finds her dream paradise already occupied by a jerk with a gorgeous face and a stubborn streak as wide as hers.

Passions and tempers flare as they grapple for peace. Can they find it before James’s past finds him? Can they see what’s right in front of them or will this be just another mistake to run from?

AUTHOR BIO:

Airicka Phoenix is a romance junkie with an incurable addiction to chocolate. She is also a prolific author of several novels written for young adult and new adult romance addicts who love bad boys, hot kisses and a gritty plot. Airicka prides herself in producing quality material her readers can fall in love with again and again.

When she's not hard at work bleeding words onto paper, Airicka can be found cuddling with her family, reading, watching TV shows, or just finding excuses not to do chores.

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Tuesday, 12 January 2016

We cannot tell you how excited we are to bring you the Release Week Blitz for LOVE IN THE LIGHT by Laura Kaye! LOVE IN THE LIGHT is a novel told in dual POV and Part Two of her bestselling Hearts in Darkness Duet. This much anticipated follow-up is finally here! Make sure you grab your copy of this sexy novel today, and if you're new to the series you can grab the first novella HEARTS IN DARKNESS for just $.99 for a limited time!

Makenna James and Caden Grayson have been inseparable since the day they were trapped in a pitch-black elevator and found acceptance and love in the arms of a stranger. Makenna hopes that night put them on the path to forever—which can’t happen until she introduces her tattooed, pierced, and scarred boyfriend to her father and three over-protective brothers.

Must fight for love in the light…

Haunted by a childhood tragedy and the loss of his family, Caden never thought he’d find the love he shares with Makenna. But the deeper he falls, the more he fears the devastation sure to come if he ever lost her, too. When meeting her family doesn’t go smoothly, Caden questions whether Makenna deserves someone better, stronger, and just more…normal. Maybe they’re too different—and he’s far too damaged—after all…

“So Caden said you two met in an elevator,” the tattoo artist said to Makenna, amusement plain in his voice.

“We really did. We were trapped in it for over four hours,” Makenna said, smiling. It was a little weird to talk to someone she couldn’t look at, but she couldn’t move while he was working. “In my office building. I rode it just today.”

“That’s quite a way to meet someone,” Heath said with a chuckle. “How come nothing like that ever happens to me?”

“Maybe you don’t ride enough elevators,” Makenna said.

The tattoo machine pulled away from her skin. Heath laughed. “I guess I don’t,” he finally said, leaning back in.

The needles hit a sensitive spot along her spine that had Makenna grimacing. Originally, she’d been thinking of putting the piece on her shoulder, but when she’d decided on the bigger size, she thought it would look better in the center. Heath had warned her that the central placement meant inking over bone, which could hurt more, and it sure did.

Caden braced his elbows on his knees so he could lean closer. “Want to play twenty questions?” he asked.

She smiled, knowing he was trying to distract her and appreciating the heck out of the gesture. “Are there still questions left we haven’t asked each other?”

“No laughing,” Heath said, as Makenna tried to hold back her humor. Heat filled her cheeks. “Also, TMI. However, I like TMI, so feel free to answer, Makenna.”

Since the needle was away from her skin, she did laugh that time. “Okay, so maybe there are questions we haven’t asked.” She winked at Caden as Heath got back to work. “And, to answer the question, the second part of the night on my floor.”

Caden’s gaze went molten. He flicked at the spider bite piercings with his tongue. And that had parts of her going molten, because she knew how freaking talented that tongue was.

“Yours?” she asked, arching an eyebrow.

Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty books in contemporary and paranormal romance and romantic suspense. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.

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